Blog Posts From Lates Tagged With nights_at_the_museumhttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours
Find out what will be happening at Lates - the late night opening of the Museum on the last Friday of (almost) every month.Wed, 24 Oct 2012 16:06:46 GMTJive SBS 4.5.6.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/)2012-10-24T16:06:46ZFirst chance to see world-class wildlife photos at Lateshttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2012/10/24/photography-singing-camping-and-crazy-artists--all-this-and-more-at-this-weeks-lates
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:cbfa9c1c-206a-40da-89d3-7a7397539bc2] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>So summer&rsquo;s definitely over, but autumn brings with it our spectacular Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>This Friday 26 October's <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/lates-master-card/index.html">Lates with MasterCard</a> is the first late opening of the exhibition and what an exhibition it is! If you haven&rsquo;t had a peek at the line-up of winning images, you can do so on our <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/onlineGallery.do">online gallery</a> but there&rsquo;s nothing quite like seeing the full show so make sure you get your tickets early for this Friday if you&rsquo;re planning on coming along.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-2704-42710/nhm-vewpy2012-nicklen.jpg"><img alt="nhm-vewpy2012-nicklen.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="299" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-2704-42710/450-299/nhm-vewpy2012-nicklen.jpg" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="450"/></a></p><h5 style="text-align: center;">Paul Nicklen's Bubble-jetting emperors is the <span class="copyright">Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year winner.</span> Get up close to this and 99 other prize-winning photographs in the exhibition open late on Friday evening.</h5><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>This month we&rsquo;re bringing back our increasingly popular <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/lates-master-card/open-mic-lates/index.html">Open-mic</a> in the Central Hall and we&rsquo;ve got 11 awesome performers. They&rsquo;ll be playing from 7pm until 10.30pm and we&rsquo;ve got a fantastic mix of artists. With everything from country to rock and pop it&rsquo;s bound to be a great night. Get a taste of one of the performers, <strong>Marie Naffah</strong>, <strong>in this video</strong>, and see some of the other performers' videos at the end of this blog.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><center><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/i4ew-xjCuT4?wmode=transparent" width="425">
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With film screenings in campervans, human-sized cabinets where you can label yourself a specimen and a real polar tent in the mix, you can have yourself an indoor-outdoor adventure in the Darwin Centre. 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Right, join the crazy artists for some entertaining speed-sketching.</h5><p>We&rsquo;re also saying bonsoir to our <strong>Crazy Artists </strong>who are back and crazier than ever with a night of speed-sketching that will knock your socks off.&#160; Can you sketch a squirrel in 10 minutes? Or draw a dinosaur? Or paint a porpoise? The Artists are here to put your skills to the test. Every 15 minutes between 19.00 and 21.00 the artists will bring out a specimen from the Museum&rsquo;s collections. 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<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:9279c4d6-8407-4e94-bc1b-b10818ad140a] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><em>This month's Lates blog is from guest Andy Glynn, our Visitor Events Manager:</em></span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">'Summer is almost upon us &ndash; hopefully! To celebrate the season, we&rsquo;ve got some really special activity lined up for this month&rsquo;s <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/lates-master-card/index.html">Lates with MasterCard</a> on 29 June.</span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Perhaps the most exciting new element of Lates is our entertainment. We&rsquo;ve got hilarious free stand-up with award-winning comedian <strong>Tom Allen</strong> in our new <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/darwin-centre-visitors/index.html">Darwin Centre</a> Caf&eacute;. He&rsquo;ll be starting at 19.00 and splitting sides until 19.40. <br/></span></p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-2517-34653/tom-allen-comedian.jpg"><img alt="tom-allen-comedian.jpg" class="jive-image" height="302" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-2517-34653/190-302/tom-allen-comedian.jpg" width="190"/></a><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-2517-34654/open-mic-lates-musicians-crop.jpg"><img alt="open-mic-lates-musicians-crop.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="301" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-2517-34654/375-301/open-mic-lates-musicians-crop.jpg" width="375"/></a></p><h5>June Lates specials: Comedian Tom Allen in our Darwin Centre Cafe; Open-mic sessions in the Central Hall will come from Sid Batham, Meg Cavanaugh, Felix Fables members Mike and James, and another 7 artists (left to right). <span style="font-size: 8pt;">Select images to enlarge<br/></span></h5><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">And there&rsquo;s more. This month we&rsquo;re hosting our first <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/lates-master-card/open-mic-lates/index.html">Open-mic acoustic sessions in the Central Hall.</a> We asked singer-songwriters from all over the UK to send us links to their YouTube videos and Facebook profiles and the competition was tough. Over 100 musicians submitted their tracks and we watched and listened to them all. With everything from experimental soundscaping to heavy rock, there was a broad selection.</span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">After much deliberation (and more time on YouTube than is healthy) we narrowed it down to our favourite ten for this month. They are: </span><strong>Sid Batham, Meg Cavanaugh, Felix Fables, Ciah, The Folk, Kitty Ward, Sherika Sherard, Jake Manning, Dayle Clarke </strong>and<strong> Treana Morris</strong>. Here's a taste of what to expect from Meg and we'll be posting a few more samples from other artists next week:</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z-E4eYCnzkI?wmode=transparent" width="640">
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We have a social anthropologist/flirting expert and a perfume expert on hand to guide you through flirting signals and how to use perfume to lure in a mate.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>I also popped over to the Darwin Centre Atrium and Courtyard Terrace (right), which will of course be open for Friday&rsquo;s After Hours. The Courtyard was bathed in brilliant sunshine, birds were singing in the trees, the sky was azure, and the Wildlife Garden formed a pretty glade behind.&#160; It has a very relaxed vibe to it and if I didn&rsquo;t have to do some work I&rsquo;d be out there still, building up my tan. Come tonight though, it will be a great place to enjoy some late summer food, a Pimms or a cold beer from our Darwin Centre bar.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-2014-21887/unnatural-selection-650.jpg"><img alt="unnatural-selection-650.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="216" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-2014-21887/323-216/unnatural-selection-650.jpg" style="float: left;" width="323"/></a></p><p>Right beside the Darwin Centre bar you will find a beautiful installation that came here as part of the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/special-displays/london-design-festival/index.html">London Design Festival &ndash; the Unnatural Selection </a>by Raw Edges and Oscar Narud (left, image by Susan Smart) .This intriguing and engaging animation on used computer monitors mixes up species and specimens in an 'unnatural' way. It is inspired by the Natural History Museum's collections and is presented in Museum-style cabinets (sponsored by Bloomberg). When it gets dark, the illumination becomes especially vivid.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Tonight is also the start of something very special for After Hours, for we are very pleased to announce the beginning of a three year partnership with MasterCard who will be sponsoring the Museum&rsquo;s evening events:<strong> After Hours with MasterCard </strong>and MasterCard Night Safari.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>MasterCard will be working with the museum to create a range of exciting offers and events for all MasterCard cardholders as part of their <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.mastercard.co.uk/priceless-cities/london/index.html">Priceless London programme</a> - check the website for more information.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Also look out for the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://twitter.com/#!/NHM_London">@NHM_London</a> Twitter feed and the Museum&rsquo;s <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.facebook.com/naturalhistorymuseum?sk=wall">Facebook page</a> and keep an eye out for our <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/index.html">After Hours with MasterCard</a> web page for updates on October's late night highlights.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:3a2488aa-b5e3-4d76-8832-ce2d8e7329ca] -->darwin_centremuseum_latesnights_at_the_museumafter_hoursnight_safarilondon_tourist_attractionlondon_design_festivalmastercardFri, 30 Sep 2011 10:53:39 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2011/09/30/sign-off-summer-in-style-at-septembers-after-hours-tonightLaura Harmour2011-09-30T10:53:39Z3 years, 5 months ago0http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/comment/sign-off-summer-in-style-at-septembers-after-hours-tonighthttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/feeds/comments?blogPost=2014Music wherever you go at July's After Hourshttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2011/07/21/music-wherever-you-go-at-julys-after-hours
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:615d7f15-827d-4c5f-9c75-6c1e6d86d566] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>&#8216;It&rsquo;ll probably be summer at Christmas,&rsquo; the cashier in my bank told me earlier this week as we bonded over the unseasonable weather beleaguering us and the rainstorm breaking over South Kensington. 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The Museum itself lost some local staff in Thailand, who were working at a scientific research station when the tsunami hit.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>On to happier subjects. Like the lady who rode a white horse to Banbury Cross, After Hours visitors will have music wherever they go on Friday, for we have jazz in the<strong> Darwin Centre atrium (pictured right</strong>), Latin-American music courtesy of Columbian master <strong>Ricardo Curbelo (pictured below left)</strong> in the Central Hall and classic love songs care of our roving rock troubadour, Sebastian Darcy-Heathcliff, who will be loitering with intent outside the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/sexual-nature/index.html">Sexual Nature exhibition </a>again, ready to serenade our visitors.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1876-18275/ricardo_image-590.jpg"><img alt="ricardo_image-590.jpg" class="jive-image" height="211" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1876-18275/172-211/ricardo_image-590.jpg" style="float: left;" width="172"/></a>I am humming to very little musical effect Bryan Adam&rsquo;s (Everything I Do) I Do It for You as I type this, which I realise might be a hangover from June After Hours, where I caught Mr Darcy-Heathcliff giving a very impressive rendition of this to a group of young Japanese ladies, who ran away giggling down Dinosaur Way when Mr Darcy-H came close, smouldering like Lord Byron on Bonfire Night. Why not treat yourself to a personal serenade before you visit the Sexual Nature exhibition?</p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1876-18276/isabella-rossellini-beetles-1000.jpg"><img alt="isabella-rossellini-beetles-1000.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="233" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1876-18276/336-233/isabella-rossellini-beetles-1000.jpg" style="float: right;" width="336"/></a></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Incidentally, actress and film director <strong>Isabella Rossellini (right) was in the Sexual Nature exhibition last week.</strong> But dressed as herself not as an animal making love as she appears in her <strong>Green Porno </strong>films, which are one of the highlights in the exhibition.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>If dinosaurs are more your thing, then our <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/age-of-the-dinosaur/index.html">Age of the Dinosaur exhibition</a> is open late once more. You are also free to wander up to our fascinating Minerals gallery and view the dazzling <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/galleries/green-zone/vault/index.html">Vault </a>where some of the world&rsquo;s most iconic gems are on display; stroll around the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/darwin-centre-visitors/cocoon-highlights-sldies/index.html">Cocoon</a> prior to relaxing over a glass of wine or champagne, a beer or a Pimms at the bar down in the Darwin Centre atrium (or outside on the Courtyard Terrace, if fingers crossed, it is sunny).</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Don&rsquo;t forget to <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/index.html">pre-order your Mini picnic</a> if you&rsquo;d like to eat as well. We also have the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/events/programs/nhm/the_big_nature_quiz_-_after_hours_event.html?date=29.07.2011">Big Nature Quiz</a> in the Restaurant where there are some great prizes on offer for the winning team.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>&#8216;Late night is the great night&rsquo; as one of our After Hours visitors so kindly and poetically put it recently, and we would be very happy if you could join us!</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:615d7f15-827d-4c5f-9c75-6c1e6d86d566] -->museum_latesnights_at_the_museumafter_hoursnight_safarilate_night_openingsexual_naturelatesevening_events_londontsunami_memorialage_of_dinosaurThu, 21 Jul 2011 13:19:13 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2011/07/21/music-wherever-you-go-at-julys-after-hoursLaura Harmour2011-07-21T13:19:13Z3 years, 7 months ago0http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/comment/music-wherever-you-go-at-julys-after-hourshttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/feeds/comments?blogPost=1876Cold comfort, hot topics - After Hours in winter beckonshttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2010/10/27/cold-comfort-hot-topics--after-hours-in-winter-beckons
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:da215a8a-ecdf-49fd-b709-c14439801c11] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p><span>Baby it&rsquo;s cold outside, but there is a warm glow in my heart because I&rsquo;ve just been around the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.&#160; <br/><br/>The <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/">Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition</a> opened to the public last Friday, 22 October. And the exhibition is certainly looking grand from the entrance this year. The arrival area has been opened up and there is a clear view to a vista of photographs, glowing like jewels in the gallery.&#160; </span><br/><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-www/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/swpy/2010/popup/44.jpg"><img alt="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-www/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/swpy/2010/popup/44.jpg" class="jive-image" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-www/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/swpy/2010/popup/44.jpg"/></a></p><h5>Andrew Parkinson's 'The drop', Animals in their Environment - highly commended</h5><p><span>There are beautiful, memorable and skilfully-executed photographs in the exhibition, but for my money none so memorable as the One Earth category award winner, taken by Spanish photographer Jordi Chias Pujol, entitled &#8216;Turtle in Trouble&rsquo;.&#160; <br/><br/>Sailing between Barcelona and the Balearics, Mr Pujol was hoping to photograph dolphins, but instead, spotting an abandoned net drifting along, he dived down, and found a loggerhead sea turtle trapped in the net.&#160; Mr Pujol notes &#8216;the poor creature must have been trapped for some days so knotted up was it&#8230;I felt as though it were looking at me for help as it tried to bite through the netting&rsquo;.<br/><br/>The photograph shows the turtle, head on to the camera, flippers outstretched through the tangled blue shroud of fishing net.&#160; And there is something about the way it is loosely holding a small length of the net in its mouth, fathomless dark eyes looking at the photographer that is really quite upsetting. It is only when I went down to the exhibition and read the commentary that I found the story had a happy ending.&#160; I will leave to you to find out what that was.<br/><br/>I could only approach that stretch of the exhibition, the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/category.do?category=52&amp;group=3">One Earth Award category</a> tentatively. You will see some extraordinary photographs there. And in the new <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/category.do?category=58&amp;group=3">Wildlife Photojournalist category</a>.<br/><br/>But I also laughed at the photographs of <strong>bird bottoms </strong>&ndash; the bottom of a fulmar launching off high sea cliffs in the Shetlands; the bottom of a mute swan on the Rhine seen from beneath; the <strong>bottom of an Arctic tern flying in to feed its chicks in Iceland</strong>.</span></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><span>There is something about these bottoms that warmed the cockles of my heart!</span><br/><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-www/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/swpy/2010/popup/120.jpg"><img alt="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-www/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/swpy/2010/popup/120.jpg" class="jive-image" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources-www/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/swpy/2010/popup/120.jpg"/></a></p><h5>Johan Gehrisch's 'Chick delight', 15-17 years Young award, highly commended<br/></h5><p><span>Anyway, <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/index.html">After Hours</a> kicks off again this Friday night, and you can experience all this and more for yourself. There is also the opportunity to take part in an exciting new series of biodiversity-focused discussion events in our Restaurant, &#8216;<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/events/programs/naturelive/biodiversity%3A_the_next_step.html?date=29.10.2010">Biodiversity: the Next Step</a>&rsquo; is the first one of these <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/discussing-nature/index.html">Discussing Nature</a> events, with some great guest speakers.&#160; <br/><br/>We will be rolling out a new &#8216;dining around Dippy&rsquo; experience, in addition to the normal set up in the Central Hall Blue Bar. So do come and join us for a meal, a drink, an exploration of Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer or the Darwin Centre. Or to take part in a vital discussion on the future of global diversity.<br/><br/>And take away a new view on the world. From the bottom up.<br/></span></p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:da215a8a-ecdf-49fd-b709-c14439801c11] -->wildphotosbbc_wildlifemuseum_latesnights_at_the_museumafter_hoursveolia_environnement_wildlife_photographer_of_the_yearWed, 27 Oct 2010 16:12:52 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2010/10/27/cold-comfort-hot-topics--after-hours-in-winter-beckonsLaura Harmour2010-10-27T16:12:52Z4 years, 4 months ago0http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/comment/cold-comfort-hot-topics--after-hours-in-winter-beckonshttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/feeds/comments?blogPost=1472After Hours: Science Uncovered, one week to gohttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2010/09/17/after-hours-science-uncovered-one-week-to-go
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:045c551b-5fd1-4a18-87ea-0a7d1f4c144f] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Our winter After Hours begin on 29 October, but first, on Friday 24 September we are throwing open our doors until 22.00 for <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours-science-uncovered/index.html">After Hours: Science Uncovered.</a></p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1396-6846/museum-floodlit.jpg"><img alt="museum-floodlit.jpg" class="jive-image-thumbnail jive-image" height="158" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1396-6846/449-158/museum-floodlit.jpg" width="449"/></a></p><h5>Don't miss our biggest-ever after hours event on Friday 24 September as we join a Europe-wide festival<br/></h5><p>All across Europe, in over 200 cities, final preparations to kindred events that take place on that night are being made and harrowed-looking event managers (if we are anything to go by) will be crossing their fingers that all will go well.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br/>Stephen Roberts, our Nature Live Manager, who with his colleague Ivvet Modinou, has worked extremely hard on the event (along with the rest of the project team), and was responsible for bringing it to the Museum in the first place, says that <strong>London needs an event like this</strong> and the Museum must be the best place for it.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>&#8216;Over 4 million people come to the Museum every year and we have over 300 science staff but, until the opening of the Darwin Centre last year, relatively few of them get to see our scientists, let alone chat.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1396-6850/Jon-Ablett_400.jpg"><img alt="Jon-Ablett_400.jpg" class="jive-image" height="217" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1396-6850/198-217/Jon-Ablett_400.jpg" style="float: left;" width="198"/></a></p><p>'After Hours: Science Uncovered changes the balance when an astonishing 60 of our own scientists as well as others from across London have pulled out all the stops to join in a European festival of science called Researchers' Night. We have watched with interest as this initiative, now involving over&#160; 500,000 members of the public in Europe, has grown and this year we have thrown ourselves in lock, stock and barrel.'</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>At our event there are over 50 different activities going on, ranging from 30 minute tours and<a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours-science-uncovered/whats-on-science-uncovered-page/talks-science-uncovered/index.html"> Nature Live events </a>in the Attenborough Studio to our <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours-science-uncovered/whats-on-science-uncovered-page/natural-history-roadshow-science-uncovered/index.html">Natural History Roadshow</a> and <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours-science-uncovered/whats-on-science-uncovered-page/face-to-face-science-statios-su/index.html">science stations</a> covering an astounding breadth of our science and collections that you can pop by for a few moments. In <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours-science-uncovered/whats-on-science-uncovered-page/science-bar-science-uncovered/index.html">The Science Bar </a>you can discuss the hot science of the day, from climate change to life on Mars and everything inbetween or, if you like, just kick back and enjoy a drink and soak up the atmosphere.&rsquo;</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Jon Ablett, pictured left, is one of the several zoologists you can meet on the night. 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Jonathan also brought along a nice surprise for us - some very amusing outtakes from the series, which the audience loved.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1161-1478/affer-hours-climatecchange-wall-600.jpg"><img alt="affer-hours-climatecchange-wall-600.jpg" class="jive-image" height="229" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1161-1478/335-229/affer-hours-climatecchange-wall-600.jpg" style="float: right;" width="335"/></a>Other <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/darwin-centre-visitors/index.html">Darwin Centre </a>hotspots included the Climate Change Wall (right) just outside the Attenborough Studio. And up in <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/darwin-centre-visitors/cocoon-highlights-sldies/index.html">Cocoon</a>, another great communicator, our entertaining curator of arachnids, Jan Beccaloni, attracted quite a crowd in front of the glass-fronted specimen preparation area. It was great to see people engaging so enthusiastically with science on a Friday night out. Showing the public our behind-the-scenes science is of course one of the driving factors behind the Darwin Centre, but that people are doing this as an evening-out experience is really fantastic.</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>Explaining that she was behind glass because of pest control requirements, Jan was working on British arachnid specimens destined for the new Angela Marmont Centre. She had, as promised, also brought along an example of the world&rsquo;s biggest spider, as well as a black widow and a scorpion. &#8216;I feel I may have erred in not pointing out these are not British,&rsquo; said Jan jocularly, as her audience measured up mentally the <strong>goliath bird-eating tarantula</strong> in the large specimen jar beside her.</p><p><strong><br/></strong></p><p>There are only two more late openings of<strong> </strong><a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/wpy/index.jsp">Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year</a> this season on 26 February and 26 March. So do book your tickets well in advance to avoid disappointment if you want to see this year&rsquo;s competition winners after hours.</p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:af62480c-c60b-4fda-bd62-2474719a677d] -->darwin_centreveolia_environnement_wildlife_photographer_of_the_year_2009wild_photoscentral_hallmuseum_latesnights_at_the_museumafter_hoursbehind_the_scene_sciencedarwin_centre_cocoonmeet_the_bbc_producer_series_talksTue, 09 Feb 2010 13:45:46 GMThttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2010/02/09/big-crowds-at-januarys-after-hours-events-and-the-biggest-tarantulaLaura Harmour2010-02-09T13:45:46Z5 years, 3 weeks ago0http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/comment/big-crowds-at-januarys-after-hours-events-and-the-biggest-tarantulahttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/feeds/comments?blogPost=1161Visit the Museum After Hourshttp://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/after-hours/2009/11/26/visit-the-museum-after-hours
<!-- [DocumentBodyStart:9db31262-c84f-4424-8765-90cda73ec91f] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1089-1172/dippy-people-central-hall-500.jpg"><img alt="dippy-people-central-hall-500.jpg" class="jive-image" height="320" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1089-1172/450-320/dippy-people-central-hall-500.jpg" width="450"/></a></p><p><strong>Central Hall, the place to meet at After Hours, where you can enjoy music, tapas and cocktails</strong></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>The first After Hours event this year took place on Friday 30 October. For the uninitiated, After Hours is our season of Museum lates when we open the doors until 22.30 every last Friday of the month, except for December. This year it goes on until 26 March 2010. Have a look at the <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/after-hours/index.html">After Hours </a>web pages to find out what's on offer.</p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-1089-1174/barman-fossil-way-400.jpg"><img alt="barman-fossil-way-400.jpg" class="jive-image" height="255" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-1089-1174/383-255/barman-fossil-way-400.jpg" width="383"/></a></p><p><strong>A glass of champagne in the Red Bar</strong></p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>This year is the 5th season of late night openings of the Museum. 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